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Wednesday, October 14, 2015

Hey Gang!

BTW, Walmart has it miniature
villages out so It would be a great time to talk

to the managers about getting
the snowy scene background from them!

Anyway, I was in my local mall, it is not a big my
and is struggling, I
notice that the Cheltenham
Mall DSW had gone out of business! I guess it is the
state of affairs now. Someone had left a few Nike
signs for the
trash. I glanced at them at first
because
I didn’t know what they were. Then I really looked at them….then I took them with me!

You saw one of them in the post with Suzie and
Terrence!

There were 6 in total!

Yes, there was some writing on them but when I measured them
I realized it could

be easily cut off and I would still have plenty of design
to work with!

I am still look over this years’ calendars to see if there
are any scene that would

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Monday, October 12, 2015

Hey Gang!

I promised Janainah that I would do a post on how to change out the
gloved
hands on Power Team Action figures.
I don’t normally do request posts, I am
making an exception in this
case!

First let me say as a doll collector, I first started adding
action figures (AF) to my
collection when I notice the limited variety and
availability of head sculpts in male
dolls and especially AA male dolls. Power
team has always had a wide range of male
action figures head sculpts along with
a wide selection of ethnic action figure head sculpts.
I would say I own an
amount in the 20’s-30’s. Many of mine had gloved hands and
the larger bodies
but over time I have replaced hands and bodies.

Down to business-The change!

First, the bodies!
Here are two styles of Power Team bodies. There may be more.

Small body---Big Body
I call them the big body and the smaller
body. There has been more variations
with the smaller body that the large one.
The smaller body can come with hands
or gloves and boot feet or regular
feet in boots/shoes. I not sure but I
think only
the smaller bodied AF had the camouflage face paint but I’m not
sure.
Only the small body doll can the hands be removed on to my knowledge.
If anyone knows any thing different, please let me know and post pictures!!!
The head can be changed on both bodies.

I believe these two styles of
bodies were
to compare with the two popular styles of G.I. Joe bodies.

Smaller body Joe and Power Team

Smaller body with boot feet

toe pointing boot feet

Big body Joe and Power team

Older Ken---Power Team--new Articulated Ken for comparison

Power Team can wear Ken shoes and...

Vice versa-adding shoe options!

Jazz Hands came to help with demo!

Say hello to Jazz Hands!

The hands say Hi!

The gloved hands/hands are very easy to remove. They look like this.

Hold the
forearm firmly and pull. Sometime I give
it a little twist but not always.

Jazz Hand are experienced swappers!

Off!

It is
more important that you hold it straight to me.
They pop off as easily as they
pop on! I don’t know if the hands know could take this happening daily for years
without breaking but I have changed the hand on AF maybe once or twice a
year.

Now for the head!

What the head looks like off!

The hole for the neck knob that holds the head on!

The neck knob... is the same on small and big body AF.

For the head, I pull it forward a little so that I start to
see the bottom of the neck

and just pull it too!

Off!

You don’t have to heat the neck like you would for a
Barbie head to get it off.

My new purchase Mc Hottie who is now named Chet Chang!

He will rival my Tariq (Darius Reed) for
fashion style around here.

Bonus Feature!

New photos of two of my Fashionista 2015. My Rwanda!

and Romper Chic who I am now calling Alexis

Please check out my doll and clothing listings on Facebook
and Mister Dollface!

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About Me

I am a collector of Black Barbie dolls, Barbie dolls, fashion dolls and action figures. I had a large doll collection as a child that even included a black Francie and a Julia doll. Once I became older, I still loved dolls but didn’t play with them as much. One day, in a cleaning fit, my mother trashed all my dolls.
I had not thought much about Barbie and the dolls I had for a long time. Then one holiday season I worked part-time stocking the Barbie isles in the old Kiddie City in Center City Philadelphia. I saw all the wonderful new Barbie dolls and the wonderful fashion dolls that were for sale. My love for Barbie was back! Now… I’m trying to replace the dolls I have lost and am adding a few new friends along the way. I have replaced my Julia. She is my favorite!! I don’t think I can afford an original black Francie yet. Maybe one day soon! I have a reproduction. There are some really great dolls out there. Join me on my journey to find them and have some doll fun! For more about my interest, check out this link:http://i-luv-dolls.blogspot.com/2012/05/my-interview-answers.html
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